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Yeah I ditched culture early on. I find it more problematic than old school D&D races. Much closer to real world rhetoric about “race”...

Sam would definitely manage both, it’s true. The MVP of LoTR.

Same, but both! And running both One Ring and LOTR5e are on at least one of those lists. Maybe if I had a Samwise Gamgee, I could...

I mean, plenty of people actively seek out dangerous challenges without being bad at normal life. I’d go so far as to say that enjoying...

Over 30+ pages, it seems that the conversation revolves around how D&D does bioessentialism badly. How have non-D&D (ttrpg general)...

That seems like a super weird assumption. Why?

What bothers me is WOTC trying to have it both ways. If Wood Elves are fast because of their biological or supernatural nature, which...

Absolutely. And in my own game I have constructed Ancestries to have signature traits, skills, and even bonus Attribute Points, but...

I think having very different feeling species is fun. But people take real world inspiration for their cultures all the time. And it is...

I don't know why this had to be tied to that word. They are different species. Bio-essentialism is not a term brought up in discussions...

Exactly this. Bioessentialism is also what gets us things like stat bonuses or penalties for gender.

I do still want to someday figure out a way to make traits after character creation fully narrative, while keeping the game balanced...

So a while back I posted this thread about how I’m doing advancement in my game. I was trying to avoid tracking xp and just have traits...

Okay? Your reply was ridiculous, and implied that I was lying about my own experience. Just admit you misunderstood and replied in a...

And still your answer was terrible. He just told about people he knows. I think your data about people he knows is way worse. Or do you...